Ernstus "Ernie" Wilhelmus Johannes Brandts (born 3 February 1956 in Nieuw-Dijk

Nieuw-Dijk

Nieuw-Dijk is a small village in the municipality of Montferland in the Dutch province of Gelderland, close to Germany, with a population of approximately 1600 people....

, Gelderland

Gelderland

Gelderland is the largest province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. The capital city is Arnhem. The two other major cities, Nijmegen and Apeldoorn have more inhabitants. Other major regional centers in Gelderland are Ede, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Tiel, Wijchen,...

) is a former Dutch football defender

Defender (association football)

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, who played for PSV Eindhoven, Roda JC Kerkrade, MVV Maastricht

MVV Maastricht

MVV Maastricht is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht, founded on April 2, 1902...

 and De Graafschap

De Graafschap

De Graafschap is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the "De Vijverberg" stadium. Their current home ground stands on where the old pitch used to be located and was opened on 12 August 2000...

.

Brandts earned 28 caps and scored five goals for the Netherlands national football team

Netherlands national football team

The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...

 and played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup

1978 FIFA World Cup

The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Argentina between 1 June and 25 June. The 1978 World Cup was won by Argentina who beat the Netherlands 3–1 after extra time in the final. This win was the first World Cup title for Argentina, who became the fifth...

. In a second-round match against Italy

Italy national football team

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, he became the only player to score goals for both teams in the same match in the World Cup finals. He scored an own goal

Own goal

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 in the 18th minute, and then scored the equalizer for the Netherlands in the 50th minute. His teammate Arie Haan eventually scored the winning goal, giving the Netherlands a 2–1 win.

Halfway season 2007–2008, Brandts was informed that his contract as head trainer of NAC-Breda would not be extended, despite the best results (3rd, Eredivisie) NAC-Breda has seen for a long time. This decision was not taken lightly by the NAC-Breda supporters, despite all the complaints the NAC-top directors went ahead with their plan. And so Brandts was replaced by Robert Maaskant

Robert Maaskant

Robert Patrick Maaskant is a retired Dutch football midfielder and current manager.-Career:He played for Go Ahead Eagles , FC Emmen , Motherwell F.C...

 at the beginning of the 2008–2009 season.

Rah Ahan

He was appointed as the coach of Rah Ahan in summer 2009. He had few difficult months in Rah Ahan where the there were many bad decisions against his team and he lost important points in many matches in the last minutes of the matches so he could not get good results and the team droped nearly to the relegation zone.The club decided to sack him as the coach in 12 December 2009.

Coaching career

Nat	Team	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	+/-
	Rah Ahan	July 2009	12 December 2009	19	4	6	9	21%	22	31	−9
Total				19	4	6	9	21%	22	31	-9